8. Stron
gly emphasises that research and innovation are central to achieving a dynamic
knowledge-based EU economy driven by growth and job creation; stresses that an increase in the availability of funding is a prerequisite for a succ
essful research and innovation policy; believes that the areas in which funding is needed have changed as the world has changed; therefore urges RD funding to be focused on future market opportunities and ne
w global c ...[+++]hallenges such as environmental technologies and energy;